News

• 2009-04 John Grunsfeld - The launch of the Space Shuttle mission STS-125 for the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope went without a hitch on May 11. The Hubble was captured on May 13 and five EVAs were scheduled. Grunsfeld was part of EVA 1,3, and 5. Atlantis landed this morning (Sunday) in California. You can view the operations and press conferences at the NASA-TV stream. If you have not done so yet, listen to the audio of President Obama's call to the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis when he talked to the commander and to John. You can also view pictures from the flight.

• 2009-03 Warren Harvey dies March 3, 2009. He was 84. A Memorial service will be held for Warren and Dolores Harvey in Glenwood, IL on Saturday May 23. If you would like to attend, contact me for additional information.

• 2009-02 John Stepney Sr. dies February 8, 2009. He was 83.
  View the pamphlet distributed at the funeral (with pictures).

• 2009-01 Charlie Fan dies January 21, 2009. He was 91.
  Obituary and guest book - Arizona Daily Star
  
• 2009-01 New Facebook Group LASR Remembered created. Join

• 2008-01 Tony Tuzzolino dies January 9, 2008. He was 76.

• 2007-12 Symposium for Charlie Fan's 90th birthday - Tucson, January 15, 2008
• 2007-11 John Grunsfeld is featured in the UofC Magazine
• 2007-09 Dick Glennie, Linda's husband dies September 15, 2007. He was 69.
  Obituary in Journal of Oak Park
• 2007-05 News from Nicholas Boruta - The last PHD student of Eugene Parker
• 2007-05 Frank C. Jones dies May 2, 2007. He was 74.
• 2007-03 Marcia Cambric dies March, 2007. She was 68.

• 2006-10 John Grunsfeld to go into space for the 5th time - Hubble mission
• 2006-10 Müller Symposium - For his Emeritus status
                 Announcement, pictures, and presentations
• 2006-07 News from Dick Blenz - Worked for Simpson 1955-1966
• 2006-05 Tuzzolino Symposium - With pictures
• 2006-04 Tom Bogdan named director of the Space Environment Center of NOAA
• 2006-01 Brian Cartwright Named SEC General Counsel

• 2003-2005 Old News

The Early Days

• The Cosmic Ray Group in EFI - TBD
• The Chicago Midway Labs Story - From an old booklet scanned by Warren P. Harvey
• 1964 - LASR is dedicated by James Web - TBD
• CML/LASR Recollections - Sent in by alumni
• Meyer's Flyers - TBD

Directories

• LASR Alumni List - Help me complete it
• LASR Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students - Very outdated (2000)
• University of Chicago Engineering Center (UCEC) - Skip's creation
• Department of Physics - Faculty, graduate students, ...
• Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI)

Pictures

• Midway Labs Mug Shots - 1960s
• LASR 1983 staff photo - With legend
• LASR 2004 staff photo - Only 8 or so of the original staff are left
• The LASR Memorabilia Collection - More documents and pictures sent in by alumni
  • With pictures of Yvette McLean courtesy of Judy Kroeger

Wanted

• Old LASR phone books - 1970s and 1980s
• Other group pictures (scan at 200 dpi and save as jpg)
• Your story - Send it and I will post it - sort of like your own website

Recently Departed

• Warren Harvey (1925-2009)
• John Stepney Sr. (1926-2009)
• Chang-Yun (Charlie) Fan (1918-2009)
• Tony Tuzzolino (1931-2008)
• Frank C. Jones (1932-2007)
• Marcia Cambric (1939-2007)
• John Cole (1932-2005)
• Ed Blume (1916-2005)
• Frank DiDonna (1956-2004)
• Moises Garcia Munoz (1922-2004)
• Yvette McLean (1948-2003)
• Pioneer-10 (1972-2003)
• Florenzel Ellis (1915-2002)
• Ken Yates (1924-2002)
• Gordon Lentz (1929-2002)
• Anthony Turkevich (1916-2002)
• Peter Meyer (1920-2002)
  • Chicago Sun-Times - March 11, 2002
  • University of Chicago Chronicle - April 11, 2002
  • Biographical Memoir - National Academy of Sciences by Eugene Parker
• John Simpson (1916-2000)
  • Chicago Tribune - September 2, 2000
  • New-York Times - September 7, 2000
  • Students of John Simpson - With theses
  • Biographical Memoir - National Academy of Sciences by Eugene Parker
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekar (1910-1995)
• George Vrabel (1909-1993)

Links

• Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Department of Physics
• Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research (LASR)
• Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI)
  • University of Chicago Engineering Center (UCEC

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